Power-transmitting and lifting device.



G. W. KIRKPATRICK. POWER TRANSMITTING AND LIETING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.'I9,I9I1

Patented Sept. 24,1918.

4.45 I 4f' g if GEORGE W. KIRKPATRICK, 0F ROCHESTER, NEW

YORK.

POWER-TRANSMITTING A ND LIFTING DEVI 1:1. I

lSpecification of Letters Patent. Patentedl Sept. 24, 1918.

Application le'd March 19, 1917. i Serial No. 155,644.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known thatI, GEORGE W. KIRK- PA'rRicx, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Power-Transmitting andv Lifting Devices.; and Ido hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference 'being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part` of this specification, and to the reference characters marked thereon.

This invention relates to improvements in wheel lifting and power transmitting devices, and has for its more particular Object to provide upon a relatively stationary base frame an improved arrangement of levers and latches for elevating the driving wheels of an automobile or motor driven vehicle clear of the ground andlatching the driving wheel axle, to allow the engine of the stationary vehicle to be safely employed for driving a shaft upon the device which may be operatively connected with different vkinds ofmachines.

The invention consists 1n certain improvements and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described; the novel features being pointedV out in the claims at the end of the specification.

`In the drawings:

' Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation taken on line -a of Fig. 2, illustrat ing a preferred embodiment ofl the invention;

V Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device in supporting position beneath and operatively connected with the driving axle and wheels of a motor driven vehicle, and

Fig.- 3 is an enlarged detail sectional elevation illustrating the set position of the lifting mechanism when the vehicle is moved into position to have driving wheels elevated thereby.. l y

Similar reference characters throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

In the drawings is shown a base frame comprising theV front and rear crossl members 10V and 11 respectively, and the side members 12 which are suitably connected therewith, said frame being provided with the angled brackets 13 and screws or nails 14, by whichit may be secured in any desired position. The rear frame member 11 is notched at 15 to clear the transmission gear casing 16 of the driving axle 17 by vdepressing thev outer ends of said levers.

ing the spaced frame members 12.

which the wheels 18 of the 'vehicle are driven. .The height of the rear ends of the `Aside frame members 12 is reduced suiliciently teclear the rear axle of the vehicle when the same is moved to the position shown in Fig. 3 and the shoulders 19 ofthe side memhook shaped as indicated at 21 toretain the axle thereon ,when the same is elevated by A cross rod or shaft 22 extends between side frame members 12 and upon the rod said levers are pivotally mounted, the same being preferably provided with hubs 23 rotatable upon said rod. Spacing members 2-1 are carried bythe rod and are positioned between the side frame members and said levers are shown in Fig. 2. The outer-.ends of the levers 2O are connected by a hand rod 25 by which the levers are moved to the position shown in Fig. 1 where they are held by the pivotal hooks 26pmounted upon the front frame Vmember 10. 'e Cooperating with the levers 20 in steadyvehicle upon .the frame are the ivoted latch arms or Y levers 27 having hu' s or bearings journaled upon the rod 22, said arms `being positioned between the hubs 23 of thev levers y20 as shown in the and driving wheels in elevated position.

The hook shaped ends of the latch arms are beveled as indicated at 30 and consequently will ride over the axle housing when the vehicle'is'moved over the frame, tlu weight of the inner ends of the latch arms being suflicient to move them to the position shown in Fig. 3, after the axle has passed within the hooks 29. The axle-engaging endsof the latch arms are limited in their downward movement by the projections 31 whichv y engage the cross rod 32 between the side lNhen it is desired'to back the vehicle -axle 17, overthe frame the levers 20 are manually adjusted to the posisprockets 38.

tion shown in Fig. 3 and are so held tem porarily by the support 33 pivoted upon the rod 3l; beneath one of said levers, said support engaging the lever in a notch formed upon the lower edge thereof, as shown.

A pin 35 is projected from one of the side frame members in the path of the lever support 33 to limit its downward movement when not in use as shown in Fig. 1. Transversely of the front end of the frame is a power transmission shaft 36 journaled in bearings 37 secured upon the side frame members 1'2, the ends of said shaft being projected beyond the frame to receive the sprockets 38. Sprockets 39 are suitably connected with the wheels 18 of the vehicle, and, by means of the chains 4() serve to drive the shaft 36 through the Rigidly mounted upon the shaft 36 are pulleys 41 for driving belts (not shown) which may be used to operate various types-of work performing machines. It will be understood that the device may beV used if desired as a convenient means for lifting the wheels and axles of vehicles in- `dependently of the power transmitting feature of the invention.

There may be either one or two axle and wheel lifting levers, such at 201 and one or two coacting latches, such as 27, locking and steadying the raised vehicle axle 17 and driving wheels 18, while the power transmitting shaft 36 is driven indirectly from the axle or directly from the. wheels 18 through suitable friction gearing, but the use of two levers and latches is preferred in practice.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a wheel lifting and power transmitting device, the comfbination of a supporting frame, a lever pivoted on' the frame and adapted to lift and support the axle of a vehicle, and a latch pivoted on the frame adapted to automatically engage the axle and coperate with the lever to retain the axle thereon.

2; A wheel lifting andpower transmitting device comprising a supporting frame, a power transmittingshaftthereonq a lever fulcrumed on the frame and adapted to lift and support the axle and driving' wheels of a motor vehicle, means adapted to rotate the power transmitting shaft from the axle, and a gravitating latch on the frame coacting with the lever to automatically engage and lock and steady the raised vehicle axle and wheels while the power transmitting shaft is being operated.

8. In a wheel lifting and power transmitting device, the combination of a supporting frame, a lever pivoted on the frame and adapted to lift and support the axle of a vehicle, means for holding the lever in position to receive the axle, and a hook pivoted on the framel and adapted to coact with the lever to hold the axle in elevated position.

4. A wheel lifting and power transmitting device comprising a supporting frame, a power transmit-ting shaft thereon, two levers fulcrumed on the frame and adapted to lift and support the vehicle axle and driving wheels by action upon the axle near the wheels, means rotating) the power transmitting shaft from the axle, and two gravitating latches on the frame coacting with the two levers to automatically engage and lock and steady the raised vehicle axle and wheels while the power transmitting shaft is being operated. 80

5. A wheel lifting and power transmitting device comprising in combination a motor driven vehicle having a drive shaft and wheels thereon a frame,'a power transmitting shaft revoluble upon the frame, driving connections between said wheels and the power l transmitting shaft,spaced connected levers fulcrumed on the frame and extending under the vehicle drive shaft, and latch arms pivoted upon the frame andV extending above the drive shaft, said levers being movable together to elevatev the drive shaft relatively to the frame and said latch arms coacting with the levers to hold the vehicle drive shaft thereon.

6. A wheel lifting and power transmitting device comprising in com-bination a motor driven vehicle having a drive shaft and wheels thereon, a frame, a power transmitting shaft revoluble upon the frame, driving connections between vsaid wheels and the power transmitting shaft, levers fulcrumed on the frame and extending upon one side of the vehicle drive shaft, and latch arms pivoted upon' the frame and extending upon the 105 oppositel side of said drive shaft, said levers serving to elevate the drive shaft and said latch armscoacting with the leve-rs to steady the vehicle when its wheels are elevated.

7. A wheel lifting and power transmitting device com rising a frame having levers fulcrumed t ereon arranged to extend upon one side of the driving axle of a motor driven vehicle and movable to elevate the same, a power transmitting shaft revoluble upon the frame, driving means operatively connecting said power transmitting shaft and the axle, and pivoted latch arms upon the frame adapted to automatically engage the axle and then coact with the levers to steady the axle and driving wheels when elevated by the levers.

8. A wheel lifting and power ntransmitting device comprising a frame having levers pivoted thereon arranged to extend under the driving axle and between the wheels of a. motor driven vehicle and movable to elevate the sameQ a power transmitting shaft on. the fra-mc and means operatively connecting it with the vehicle axle and driving wheels, and pivoted latch arms upon the and support the vehicle axle and driving frame having hook-shaped ends coacting wheels, a power transmitting shaft on the with the levers to steady the axle and drivframe, means adapted to rotate the v said ing Wheels in elevated position upon the shaft from the axle, and latches on the v 5 said levers. frame automatically engaging the axle When 15' 9.. A Wheel lifting and power transmitting stopped by the frame shoulders and coacting device comprising a frame having stop with the levers .to lock and steady the raised shoulders limiting advance of amotor vehicle vehicle axle and driving .Wheels While the driving axle over the frame, levers fulpower transmitting shaft is being operated.

10 crumed on the frame and adapted to lift v GE RGE W. KIRKPAT'ICK. 

